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FRUIT BASKET FASTBNER. 295-01? P11611161 Mar. 11, 1884.

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CHARLES HENRY JOHNSON, or BUSTI, NEW YORK.

FRUIT-BASKET FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,017, dated March 11, 1884. Application filed Augusti), 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, O. H. JOHNsON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Busti, in the county of Ghautauquaand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Basket Fasten ers; and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to'which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a longitudinal section of a basket, showing the fasteners at the ends. Fig. 2 is a, top view. view of one of the fasteners.

This invention has relation to fruit-basket fasteners; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the body of the basket; b, the hoop; c, the handle; (I, the cover, and c e the cover-fasteners. The fasteners e e are made of sheet-iron in preference to tin, on account of its greater strength. They are formed from rectangular pieces of the metal cut out in any well-known manner, and are perforated for the reception of the securing-nails, and then a short rectangular bend, f, is made near their upper edges to form the flanges which engage the cover. TWO of the perforations, g

g, are made near the lower edges of the fasteners, the other perforation, h, being made in the flange f. Nails are driven through the Fig. 3 is a perspective.

perforations g 9 into and through the hoop and through the splints in the end of the basket,whichrenders the basket very strong. The fasteners are applied to the basket at the time it is being manufactured. They do not V interfere with the nesting of the baskets for 5 shipment. A nail may be driven through the perforation h in the cover, if desired; but it is not necessary.

The fruit grower or shipper does not need to have any extra tins or nails, as the fasten 5o ers are always on the basket ready for use. After packing his fruit, he takes the cover and places one end under the flange of the fastener at one end of the basket, said flange being sufficiently far above the edge of the basket to permit its introduction beneath the flange, and then pushes endwise and springs the other end under the fastener at the other end of the basket, thereby completing the work. To remove the cover, it should be pushed endwise and sprung from under one of the fasteners, after which it may be removed from beneath the other fastener.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new,-anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fruit-basket having the fasteners e 6 provided with the inwardly-extending flanges f, permanently secured to the hoop of the basket, one at eachend, in combination with the fieXi- 7o ble cover (1, adapted to be held in place on the basket, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in .presence of two witnesses.

HENRY JOHNSON. 

